24 AUGUST 1844, Page 20

The Mother's Lament." Song, the Words by BURNS; the Music

by HENRY

JOHN HATCRAFT.

The words of this song are well set as it respects the prosody, which is favourable to the delivery of the singer. So exquisite and passionate a lyric, however, demanded perhaps a newer form of song, and one in which the music should more completely correspond to the pathos of the poetry.